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tabarani:9811bal-ʿAbbās b. al-Faḍl al-Asfāṭī > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > al-Ḥajjāj > Abū Isḥāq > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī > Ibn Masʿūd

[Machine] Narrated by Abdullah ibn Masud:

The Prophet ﷺ was asked by Abd al-Malik ibn 'Umayr, "O Messenger of Allah, which action is the best?" He replied, "Offering prayers on time, being kind to one's parents, and striving in the cause of Allah."  

الطبراني:٩٨١١bحَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ يَا رَسُولُ اللهِ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «إِقَامَةُ الصَّلَاةِ لِوَقْتِهَا وَبِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad
nasai:611ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Muʿāwiyah al-Nakhaʿī Samiʿah from Abū ʿAmr > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

"I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ which action is most beloved to Allah? He said: 'Establishing prayer on time, honoring one's parents and Jihad in the cause of Allah.'"  

النسائي:٦١١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ النَّخَعِيُّ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَىُّ الْعَمَلِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ ﷻ قَالَ إِقَامُ الصَّلاَةِ لِوَقْتِهَا وَبِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ﷻ  

ahmad:23120Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿUbayd al-Muktib > Abū ʿAmr al-Shaybānī

[Machine] A man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, 'Which deed is the best?' He replied, 'Performing the prayer on time, honoring parents, and striving in the cause of Allah.'"  

أحمد:٢٣١٢٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدٌ الْمُكْتِبُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيَّ

يُحَدِّثُعَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَوْ قَالَ أَفْضَلُ الْعَمَلِ الصَّلَاةُ لِوَقْتِهَا وَبِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْجِهَادُ